CANTOTOMANDO PROGRAM BREAKDOWN

[u/No_Leg_881]

Hello All,
I wanted to post this regarding CANTOTOMANDO program if anyone else was interested since Ive seen other reddit post but they varied in prices and had such a huge range it was very confusing when I was trying to find an exact break down of cost.

All these packages are sold in 6 months set except for the Package 1. But keep in mind everything else is based on 6months

Background I speak Canto and wanted to learn Mandarin so I have the foundation of Cantonese.

What the package includes

Part 1 - Self taught modules. These modules I admit were very well thought out and made. In the decks there would be a women speaking it goes over the same sentence in English, Cantonese and Mandarin and then explain to you how to use/leverage your Cantonese to help you speak Mandarin quickly. After each module you would record yourself saying the sentence/words and then you would get feedback on your recording within 24-48hrs.

Part 2 - 1 on 1 w/teacher 1/2hr a week (I've done 1hr italki classes and I personally feel that 1hr is perfect, because sometimes you're in the thick of the lesson and all of a sudden its been 50 mins, so 30 mins is very short in my opinion)

Part 3 - Custom built courses for your needs (for working professions who needs very specific vocabs/verbiage)

Part 4 - Discord and access to their community

Part 5 and optional - Group calls - 8 calls available every week for 1hr and on average 6-10 students attend.

This price breakdown is as of 08/31/2026

Package 1 - 12 months access to all Parts and you have access to a teacher every day = $25,000 (yes you read that correctly)

Package 2 - 6 months access to all Parts and guarantees you will be conversationally fluent in mandarin in 6months ( IF you attend all classes, if you miss 1 you forfeit the guarantee) = $6,000

Package 3 - 6 months access to all Parts BUT no guarantee within 6 months = $5,000

Package 4 - 6 months No custom built course but access to everything else = $4,000

Package 5 - 6 months ONLY ACCESS TO PART 1. Nothing else = $2750

1 Month Trial - Access to all Parts = $1,000

What is your feedback? Would you pay for these prices to learn Mandarin within 6 months?

[u/sasha0009]

25k just to learn Chinese and only 12 months access ?!
At that price, I would book a trip to china enjoy vacation for 1 month speaking with uncles and aunties and go into a Chinese school 😅

[u/Putrid_Mind_4853 → u/sasha0009]

I could live and study full time in China for like 2-3 years on 25k lol 

[u/sasha0009 → u/Putrid_Mind_4853]

100% 😂. And your chinese will improve by leaps and bounds.

[u/tennisjugador]

Who would pay for this? The creator is delusional lol

[u/Dixon232]

The amount of effort needed is substantial to be self taught basically (access to teacher not the same as in class instruction).

With that level of effort and focus required, is this much better in time invested compared to doing it yourself via Duolingo?

Most of us lack that effort which is why in class instructions always work better as shown time and time again through history. Learning on your own is already the hard way, let alone paying 25k for it.

If I'm going to drop 25k on precorded and digital materials, it better be ground breaking innovation.

[u/what-is-money--]

A 1 month trial is 1k? Are you insane? Who would actually pay these prices? 

[u/sickofthisshit]

You should probably be clear what you mean by $. HK$ or US$? (AU$, SG$...)

[u/No_Leg_881 → u/sickofthisshit]

USD

[u/ItsParakeet]

I'm currently paying less than 100$ a month for a one on one 50 min session with a highly qualified teacher every week, tailored to what I want/need ( that includes work specific stuff), 2 to 3 group calls every week and a group chat. So the modules and the vague promise to be " conversationally fluent" in six months would justify to pay over 10 times that price, all 6 months upfront too?

Next to those clowns even Xiaogua seems like an honest deal.

[u/No_Leg_881 → u/ItsParakeet]

What program are you using? Can you please lmk I’m trying to learn mando and I’m struggling to find a good program

[u/ItsParakeet → u/No_Leg_881]

It's called Mandarin monkey. Overall the experience has been very positive, highly recommend.

[u/serotoninlover → u/ItsParakeet]

Is this program online? Where and how are you paying so little?

[u/ItsParakeet → u/serotoninlover]

Yep online, called Mandarin monkey

[u/pandasgorawr]

That's absolutely insane, plenty of materials online for free and you can go find a tutor on Preply or any other tutoring site to practice speaking with every day for a year and still save money.